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REN Cancer Project shaping Public and Community Involvement and Engagement at the Sussex Cancer Research Centre
The REN Cancer Project collaborated with underserved communities to co-produce a Public and Community Involvement and Engagement (PCIE) plan for the Sussex Cancer Research Centre. Read the report and how we’re taking the plan forward.
Participants Needed. Help Design an App for “Brain Fog” after Breast Cancer Treatment.
This study involves the collaborative design and development of a mobile app prototype specifically created to help breast cancer survivors manage cognitive impairments like "brain fog."
Eligibility: Participants must be adults who have completed breast cancer treatment and are currently experiencing difficulties with memory, concentration, or processing speed.
Commitment: Volunteers will participate in up to four flexible online interviews or focus groups to review app features and share their personal experiences.
Impact: The feedback gathered in each session will directly shape and refine the app’s design to ensure it effectively meets the needs of its users.
Joanna Callaghan’s award-winning feature documentary “Goodbye Breasts” tours nationally.
After a double mastectomy, filmmaker Joanna Callaghan embarks on a creative journey of self-recovery—building a giant inflatable breast, choreographing a post-op dance routine, and hosting a Goodbye Breasts! party—as she learns to embrace her new body and find joy in life after cancer.
The film is going on a national tour and will screen at Duke’s Picturehouse, Komedia, Brighton, with Q & A hosted by Sussex-based oncologist and cancer researcher Richard Simcock on the 14th April.
New Research Study: Help Us Understand Fatigue After Breast Cancer Treatment
We are excited to announce that recruitment has opened for a new research study funded by the Sussex Cancer Research Fund and sponsored by the University of Brighton. The study will explore why some women feel more fatigued, sometimes months after their breast cancer treatment is finished.
Early Career Researchers - Dr Stephen Robinson undertaking a PhD on Brain tumours at UoS
Learn about Dr Stephen Robinson PhD on brain tumours, supported by the Sussex Cancer Fund.
New SCF/SCRC pump-priming awards open for applications.
The Sussex Cancer Researh Centre are excited to announce a new round of funding available thanks to the incredible support of our partners: The Sussex Cancer Fund.
One year of the Sussex Cancer Research Centre
As we reach the one year anniversary of the SCRC, we reflect on what we have achieved together, and look forward to what is next.
Sussex scientists find ‘off switch’ that could turbo-charge cancer immunotherapy and prolong lives.
A new study by the University of Sussex and Zhejiang Chinese Medical University reveals that blocking a protein known as LMTK3 can prevent breast cancer tumours from turning immune cells into 'friends’.
£566k Follow-On funding secured for interdisciplinary cancer research.
Dr Simon Mitchell has secured a three-year UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship Renewal Award. His research combines computer modelling and lab experiments to personalise cancer treatment. During their Future Leaders Fellowship (FLF), Dr Mitchell’s team previously predicted which lymphoma patients might not respond to standard therapies. This new funding will test the approach in other cancers.
Sussex scientists to investigate impact of genetic mutations for aggressive blood cancer
University of Sussex researchers have been awarded funding from an international charity to research how certain genetic mutations worsen survival rates in the disease, acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).
Funding from Worldwide Cancer Research will support research into previously unexplored avenues of Wilms tumor-1 (WT1) gene mutations, frequently found in AML. This latest research has the potential to develop new targeted therapies for patients, which are less toxic and more precise than current chemotherapies.
BBC News, South East covers Words from the Waiting Room.
Creative Community Engagement project led by Deborah Humphrey, and Karina Patfield highlighted on BBC news.
Words from the Waiting Room offers cancer patients, survivors, and supporters a safe environment to express themselves through creative writing.
Kick-off of the SCRC Computational Cancer Research themed meetings
We’re pleased to invite you to the kick-off of the SCRC Computational Cancer Research themed meetings. These meetings are open to all, including those applying computational techniques to cancer research and those interested in forming collaborations that may benefit from computational techniques.
The next meeting will be held on Thursday 10th of April, from 14:00 to 16:00, at the JMS Building, room 4D13. There will be two talks from members of our computational cancer research labs sharing their projects.
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